SMS | Pixr8 News

Now Link Your Aadhaar Number With PAN using SMS

31May By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

INDIA

Now Link Your Aadhaar Number With PAN using SMS

The Income Tax Department today urged taxpayers to link their Aadhaar with their Permanent Account Number (PAN), using an SMS-based facility. The department issued advertisements in leading national dailies and described how both the unique identity numbers of an individual can be linked by sending an SMS to either 567678 or 56161. It said people can also visit the official e-filing website of the department to link the two identities, in both the cases of having identical names in the two databases or in case where there is a minor mismatch. The advertisement said linking the two numbers is the key to "seamlessly avail online, a world of income tax facilities." "Aadhaar can also be seeded into PAN database by quoting Aadhaar in PAN application form for new PAN allotment or by ...

Uber’s Rival in Pakistan Uses Rickshaws, Low-Tech Phones

As taxi hailing giant Uber enters Pakistan, a little-known local competitor is counting on a mix of new ideas and old technology to tap what could be a big chunk of the market: low-income residents who travel in rickshaws, not cabs. Known as Rixi, the Lahore-based service hails rickshaws instead of cars. Its platform is not smartphones, but older SMS phone messaging that allows nearby drivers to bid for any user's business. Pakistan has more than 130 million cellphone subscriptions, but only 21 percent subscribe to data packages, and, while the proportion is rising, there are opportunities across emerging economies in Asia to tap a relatively low-tech customer base. In Thailand, Taxi Radio uses calls and text messages to put cabs and people in touch and is popular with those without s...

Push Notifications Have Higher Engagement Rates Than SMS or Emails

E-commerce giants unanimously agree that more than 50% of their transactions happen on mobile devices and the figure is expected to reach more than 70% by 2019. Amid the advent of cheap data plans, increasing broadband connections and plummeting prices of mobile devices, the users' engagement like push notifications on mobile is higher than yesterday. Reflecting on this latest trend and the rapid growth in the mobile sector, WebEngage recently hosted a panel discussion on 'Mobile Growth'. The panelists included Avlesh Singh - CEO of WebEngage, Zishaan Hayath - CEO of Toppr, Nischal Shetty - CEO of Crowdfire and Sidharth Verma - CEO of Beewise among others. They stressed on the need to not stop relying on organic channels who give 100% authentic users rather than pricey channels who may ...